I'd love to be able to say I base what I know about good love relationships off of what I've learned from my parents relationship, but it isn't true. What I know about good relationships has come from my aunt and uncle, who have been together, in love & happy since they were sixteen. They're now in their 60's.
When I think of the perfect love relationship, I think of them. They care for & support one another, no matter what. They're never malicious or vengeful towards each other, no matter what. What I see between them is what I've always hoped for in a relationship of my own.
Who are your (romantic) relationship role models? Why?
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I'd say my parents. They only have a common law marriage, meaning they didn't have any sort of wedding or anything. They skipped that junk and just went straight for the honeymoon.
Sounds good to me :)
Also my boyfriend's brother and sister in law. They're both 27 and have been together since they were 15 which almost never happens anymore.
a friend of mine just got married and their relationship seem like a picture-perfect relationship that MANY of our other friends try to mimick or at least learn from. and there are my parents, they've been married 28 yrs and they're happy. they've been through a lot and it's nice to know they've reached a happy plateau.
My parents. They've been married since 1975.. 30 something years. They still hold hands and sneak kisses to each other and act like they are little teenagers. They have tough times but they aways get through it because they made a promise to stand by each other. I love their relationship and I hope one day to find someone the way they found each other. o I think married for 34 years and together for 36. January will make 35 years of marriage.
i don't have any. it seems every couple i knows either ends horribly or just don't last long. i dunno. :-/
My boyfriend's parents. They got together in their sophomore year of high school and have now been married 25 years. :) It warms my heart and gives me hope.
Part of that hope is that it's genetic, ahaha.
Two of my mentors. They're 27 and have been married 4 years and dated a while before that. I hope I have that kind of relationship someday!
cory and topanga. the only tv show where the main character wasn't dating a new person every week/month
I don't know if they really count as role models, because I didn't know that much about their marriage nor did I spend enough time with them to see how they treated each other every day, but I'd probably have to say one of my great-uncles and his wife. He unfortunately passed away earlier this year, but they had been together for I think around 50-55 years. I'm the kind of cynic that says "everyone gets divorced, or at least stops loving the person they're with", but then I think about my great-uncle and his wife, and how they were together for all of those years and didn't stop loving each other and taking care of each other. It gives me hope.
@Jami86e@xanga - Aw, I loved Cory and Topanga. :)
@Jami86e@xanga - Same! :D
i'm not sure at this point because i usually don't look at other people's relationships too much.
my parents :)
@Jami86e@xanga - YAY FOR CORY AND TOPANGA!! :D
but as for real life, my sister and her husband. They've been together since they were 18(they're 32 now) . He proposed to her after three months of dating. lol. call that crazy, but he thought, when they were younger, that if he didnt have her, he'd lose her to someone else. =]
@Sirius_Fan_Girl@xanga - that gives me hope too cuz i met my bf in 10th grd and were in our 3rd yr of college now
No one as of now. So, myself I guess. ;x
my aunt and uncle, and her daughter and husband, who are really funny. they just seem real.
also my best friend and her bf- they've been dating 6 years now? going to get engaged soon :)
nah yeah my parents divorced, but i won't.
my parents....27yrs....my granparents stuck it through till my granpas past away.... both my nanas still waiting for their time to be reunited with their spouse...may they rest in peace!
n mos def my great granpa....married sine his 20s and even though my great grama was 6 years older they stuck together till she passed at the age of 98...now my great granpa is 98 himself....he is my biggest role model...
Obama and Michelle, indefinitely. Haven't really seen any other good ones as far as my personal life goes. Maybe I'll break that streak some day *dreamy sigh*
lol ehhh. can it be characters from movies?
My parents and my boyfriends parents. Our parent's are the same age and have been together for the same amount of time (each couple met in high school and have been together since and are reaching 28 years of marriage). Funny story my bf and I were born 13 days apart and in the same hospital. lol :)
I also look up to my Mom's Aunt and Uncle (who are deceased and have been for a long time, I never met them). I just really like the story of how they died. Mom says her aunt passed away in her sleep and when her uncle woke up to find she had died he called an ambulance and went out to the living room to wait for them; he died right before they arrived. Mom said he worshipped the ground my aunt walked on and everyone believes he died of a broken heart. That's the kind of love I want, can't be separated.
No one really comes to mind. Most of the couples I have known are either divorced, broken up, still together but miserable, or still together but only for reasons other than love. Hm, I suppose that's why I'm such a nonbeliever.
Unless we could choose ficticious characters, then I'd say Ross and Rachel. They might not have had the ideal relationship, but the fact that they explored around and lived their lives before finally deciding (though 10 years later) that they are the one for each other seems realistic to me - with the little bit of belief in "true love" I might have. :]
@TheScaleDiaries@xanga - Oh, that's so sweet and so sad. But reading "I just really like the story of how they died" sounds really creepy. o.o
parents, it's the same for everyone
@mywordsx@xanga - ditto. :)
One of my older sister's best friends. They've been together since they were 15. Just got married this year. They've stuck with each other through thick and thin...And I can tell they really love each other. :) They both have crazy families and went through a lot of things financially, but, they're happily married. :)